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Site
Backup
This
section covers choosing what to save, creating backups, storing
backups, and restoring your site from a backup. We suggest that
larger sites backup their data at least once weekly, while smaller
sites should back up every 2-4 weeks.
Choosing
What to Save 
First,
access the site backup menu by clicking on the "Site Backup"
icon in the main control panel screen. As you can see, there are
many things to backup.
Website
Data
Domains
Directory
This
will backup all the files in your domain directory. If you have
more than one domain, then all your domains will be backed up.
Backed up folders include: logs, private_html, public_ftp, public_html,
and stats. Because subdomains are in your public_html folder,
they are backed up also. Choose this option if you are only
concerned about the content of your web site, and not the settings.
Subdomain
Lists
This
will backup the subdomain names that you have created. It
will not backup the files inside the subdomains. Use this option
if you have many subdomains. If you fail to backup the subdomain
lists, you will have to manually recreate each subdomain in the event
of a system failure.
E-mail
POP
Accounts: This will backup the account settings for all of
your POP mail addresses.
Forwarders:
This will backup all the forwarders created by you.
Autoresponders:
This will backup all autoresponder accounts and the message
content of the autoresponders.
Vacation
Messages: This will backup all vacation message settings and
the vacation message itself.
E-mail
Settings: This will backup all filters and the catch-all
e-mail address.
FTP
FTP
Accounts
This
will backup all FTP accounts created by you. Please note that it
does not backup any files in the FTP directories. If you need to
backup the content of the FTP directories, please select "Domains
Directory" from the main backup screen.
FTP
Settings
This
will backup your FTP preferences, such as whether anonymous FTP is
enabled and if an anonymous user can upload.
Databases
Back
up all User Databases
This
will backup all MySQL databases associated with your account.
You should backup your databases often, especially if your site
depends on them (for example, forums).
Creating
Backups
Creating
a backup is very simple:
1.
Place a check box next to the items you wish to backup (see above
section).
2.
Click the "Create Backup" button.
At
the bottom of the screen you will see a link to the backup you just
created. It will look like:
Click
Here to Download the Latest Backup - backup-May-15-2003-1.tar.gz
At
this point you may exit the menu or download the backup to your
computer by clicking on the link.
Additional
Information
The
backup file takes the form of:
[backup]-[Month]-[Day]-[Year]-[Backup Number].
If
you created several backups on the same day, they would look like:
backup-May-15.2003-1.tar.gz
backup-May-15.2003-2.tar.gz
backup-May-15.2003-3.tar.gz
This
feature prevents you from accidentally overwriting a backup file.
Storing
Backups
Although
backups are stored in the /backups directory, we suggest that you
download backup files to your computer. This is the safest
method because backups stored on the server may be lost in the event
of a system failure.
To
view all saved backups, click the link called "Click here for a
list of your current backups" (this link is near the bottom of
the page). You will be taken to the /backups directory in the
file manager.
From
here you may download backups to your computer (click on the file name
to begin download), move backups to a different directory, or delete
backups you no longer need.
Restoring
Backups
Step
1: If the backup file is on your computer, upload it to the
server.
If
you have a backup file on your hard drive you must upload it to the
/backups directory. This can be done through FTP or by clicking
on the "Click here for a list of current backups" link in
the main backup menu. Then, click the "Upload files to
current directory" button.
Step
2: In the backup menu, select the file to restore.
All
the backup files in the /backups directory will be listed in the
dropdown menu. Choose the file you want to restore, and then
click the "Select Restore Options" button.
Step
3: Select the items to restore.
In
the above file, all "E-mail" items were backed up. (Note
that items not backed up have a gray check box).
At
this stage you can choose which items to restore. For example,
in the above picture we are choosing to restore all e-mail items
except for vacation messages. After you are finished, click the
"Restore Selected Items" button. If the restore is
successful, you will be taken back to the main backup menu.
Need
more help?
Please
contact your hosting company for more assistance, or visit the
DirectAdmin support forum at http://www.directadmin.com/forum.
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